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ice dancing

American  

noun

  1. a competitive ice-skating event in which a couple, using basic skating figures and not being permitted to use lifts, performs choreographed movements to music, based on traditional ballroom dances.


Etymology

Origin of ice dancing

First recorded in 1920–25

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On Monday, the Olympic skating competition continues with the ice dancing rhythm dance section with US world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates bidding for a first Olympic individual medal.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

The four-time ice dancing world champions also claimed four European titles and, in 1994, an Olympic bronze medal.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

After a break from competitive ice dancing, then a strictly amateur sport, to pursue professional skating careers, Torvill and Dean also won bronze at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The ice show was organized by Tatiana Navka, a 2006 Olympic ice dancing champion, who is the wife of Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

The prize was to skate in the ice show with Russian ice dancing stars Svetlana and Alexi Dubonov.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

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